CMN 3105 Lecture #8 .docx

CMN 3105: Lecture #8 Oct 24th 2013
People do not want the state in their business▯ paternalism­ why is this so?
“Soft” paternalism second­guesses a person’s choices with the goal of giving effect to his “true desires.”▯
more of a persuasion, coercing
“hard” paternalism occurs when the state overrules a person’s choices even when these represent his/her
true wishes
(e.g., a terminally ill, competent adult repeatedly asks for euthanasia or assisted suicide but is denied, such
as Sue Rodriguez).
These hard paternalists claims that the individual has the wrong set of preferences▯ the state enunciates its
own conception of the good life.
David Warrren article▯ wanted politicians to change their mind about gay marriage and hopefully have them
changed in law.
it is forced
referred to as perfectionists: Ann Coulter, Pierre Trudeau “stay out of the bedrooms of the nation”, Putin
( gay laws)